FATAL ACCIDENT AT FLORENCE
, ' LONDON, April 14. A serious accident occurred at Florence 'on Saturday on the occasion .of the tr.i\ditibrial ceiTnony> of the/ flight Of the 'djbve, represented ■' by a lijjinp of buirnirig tow, which,, lit' at the moment of the Gloria in the DUomo, travels along a cord from the roof of thei Cathedral to a car in the Piazza and. sets olf the fireworks collected in it. The ceremony, Vlri^h dates from the 12th r century, .always attracts a number of visitors. . On Saturday the ceremony waft successfully !;performed in the Cathedrii.l itself, but on, the second flight, fronv feome Unexplained reason, some firewtorka on the •car ' exploc'lsid prematurely ! | arqong the 'crowd, killing two people land' creating ,a panic in. which many-inoire'wore/seri-.ously injured/ -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11863, 29 May 1909, Page 5
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